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Jack Banta

Jackie Kay Banta

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 24, 1925 in Hutchinson, KS
High School: Hutchinson HS (Hutchinson, KS)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1947
Team: Dodgers 1947-1950

Final Game: June 21, 1950
Died: September 17, 2006 in Hutchinson, KS
Buried: Penwell-Gabel Cemetery, Hutchinson, KS
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1944	19	LAD-min	D,AA,B	14	9	.609	3.42	43	17		0	0		224.0	232	116	85		95	12	1	0	3			1.460	9.3		3.8	0.5	0.13	OLE,MTL,NNW · PONY,IL,PIED
1945	20	LAD-min	AA	12	9	.571	4.21	24	18		10	2		141.0	125	75	66		77	67	8	0	6			1.433	8.0		4.9	4.3	0.87	MTL · IL
1946	21	LAD-min	AAA	12	8	.600	4.38	31	25	1	10	1		181.0	159	90	88		97	120	3	0	5			1.414	7.9		4.8	6.0	1.24	MTL,STP · IL,AA
1947	22	LAD-min	AAA	15	5	.750	3.17	31	28		16	7		199.0	158	82	70		81	199	5	0	1			1.201	7.1		3.7	9.0	2.46	MTL · IL
1947	22	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	7.04	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	6	6	1	4	3	1	0	1	38	61	1.435	8.2	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75
1948	23	LAD-min	AAA	19	9	.679	3.25	33	28		20	1		219.0	184	92	79		109	193	8	0	7			1.338	7.6		4.5	7.9	1.77	MTL · IL
1948	23	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	8.10	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	6	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	19	55	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	2.7	0.20
1949	24	BRO	NL	10	6	.625	3.37	48	12	15	2	1	3	152.1	125	63	57	12	68	97	6	0	3	643	123	1.267	7.4	0.7	4.0	5.7	1.43
1950	25	LAD-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.92	19	17		3	0		97.0	93	64	53		87	63	10	0	10			1.856	8.6		8.1	5.8	0.72	MTL · IL
1950	25	BRO	NL	4	4	.500	4.35	16	5	7	1	0	2	41.1	39	22	20	2	36	15	3	0	5	195	95	1.815	8.5	0.4	7.8	3.3	0.42
1951	26	LAD-min	AA	0	0			7	0					14.0	9				7							1.143	5.8		4.5			FTW · TL
1952	27	LAD-min	B	5	2	.714	3.98	28	1					52.0	51	29	23		27							1.500	8.8		4.7			LNC · ISLG
4 Yrs				14	12	.538	3.78	69	19	24	3	1	5	204.2	176	97	86	15	113	116	10	0	9	895	110	1.412	7.7	0.7	5.0	5.1	1.03
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.538	3.78	53	15	19	2	1	4	158	136	75	66	12	87	90	8	0	7	692	110	1.412	7.7	0.7	5.0	5.1	1.03

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1947	22	BRO	NL	7.2	3	1	6	7.04	4.72	0.30	103.5	4.58	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.431	.499	$
1948	23	BRO	NL	3.1	2	1	6	16.20	4.95	0.15	97.5	4.68	-4	-0.4	.5	0.0	-0.3	-4	.315	.498	$
1949	24	BRO	NL	152.2	48	12	63	3.71	4.52	0.25	101.7	4.34	10	1.1	1.6	0.0	2.6	28	.522	.507	$
1950	25	BRO	NL	41.1	16	5	22	4.79	4.78	0.19	98.9	4.54	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.2	4	.495	.499	$
4 Seasons				205.0	69	19	97	4.26	4.59	0.24	101.1	4.39	3	0.4	1.5	0.0	2.4	27	.506	.501	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1949	24	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		3.18	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.059	7.9	1.6	1.6	6.4	4.00
1 WS							0	0		3.18	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.059	7.9	1.6	1.6	6.4	4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	23	BRO	NL	2	19	13	6	5	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	.385	.556	.692	1.248	.417	9	0	0	1	0	1
1949	24	BRO	NL	48	644	560	63	125	22	4	12	5	5	68	97	.223	.314	.341	.655	.251	191	8	6	9	0	7
1950	25	BRO	NL	16	195	155	22	39	7	1	2	3	1	36	15	.252	.402	.348	.750	.268	54	5	3	1	0	4
3 Yrs				66	858	728	91	169	31	6	14	9	6	109	113	.232	.339	.349	.688	.258	254	13	9	11	0	12
162 Game Avg.				53	695	589	74	137	25	5	11	7	5	88	91	.232	.339	.349	.688	.258	206	11	7	9	0	10
MLB Averages																.263	.341	.363	.704	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	23	BRO	NL	-2.5	-0.2	22	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.79	-0.4	0.0	-4.7	-0.4	0.79	-3.8	0	0	1
1949	24	BRO	NL	13.4	1.3	659	0.3	12.9	-12.6	1.17	1.1	-0.8	11.5	1.1	1.17	13.8	16	7	13
1950	25	BRO	NL	-0.7	-0.1	205	0.4	4.8	-4.4	1.40	-0.1	0.4	2.9	0.3	1.40	-2.2	5	4	2
4 Yrs				8.3	0.9	886	0.4	17.9	-17.5	1.21	0.6	-0.2	9.7	1.0	1.21	7.8	21	11	16

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1947	22	BRO	NL	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36			0	1	7.0		4.3
1948	23	BRO	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.3
1949	24	BRO	NL	48	12	4	4	4	0	0	6	6	.500	0	4	2	1	4	33%	47.9	82	21	30	9	9	2	5.0	4.6	5.3
1950	25	BRO	NL	16	5	2	1	2	1	0	4	1	.800	0	1	1	0	1	20%	43.2	71	29	8	7	4	0	6.3	5.5	4.3
4 Yrs				69	19	6	6	7	1	0	10	9	.526	0	5	3	1	5	26%	45	82	21	39	16	13	3	5.2	4.7	4.9
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	111	-11					4.7	4.8	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	22	BRO	NL	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0														2	0		0	5.0
1948	23	BRO	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		8	.786	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1949	24	BRO	NL	48	36	15	6	2	9	3	6	33%	10	44	17	39%	8	1.167	16	7	13	10	6	20	23	13	23	10	23	12	7.4
1950	25	BRO	NL	16	11	7	2	3	3	2	1	67%	4	8	1	13%	8	1.404	5	4	2	4	2	5	6	5	7	3	8	3	5.4
4 Yrs				69	50	24	8	6	12	5	7	42%	14	52	18	35%		1.212	21	11	16	14	8	26	29	19	32	13	31	15	6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	22	BRO	NL	38		2.6%	7.9%	10.5%				63%
1948	23	BRO	NL	19	63%	0.0%	5.3%	26.3%	15.8%	60%	1.33	63%	6	0	0%
1949	24	BRO	NL	644	66%	1.9%	15.1%	10.6%	5.9%	30%	0.93	70%	140	8	6%
1950	25	BRO	NL	195	60%	1.0%	7.7%	18.5%	5.1%	26%	0.75	71%	52	5	10%
4 Yrs				896	64%	1.7%	13.0%	12.6%	5.7%	29%	0.89	70%	198	13	7%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.3%	13.0%	6.0%	20%	0.95	99%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1947	22	BRO	NL		7			1												1
1948	23	BRO	NL	19	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	1	0	1	8	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1949	24	BRO	NL	644	125			12	0	26	8	4	9	3	33	13	9	39%	7	3	0	245	5	5	50%	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
1950	25	BRO	NL	195	39			2	0	8	1	1	1	1	15	5	2	33%	4	5	0	88	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
4 Yrs				858	176			15	0	36	9	5	10	4	52	21	11	40%	12	9	1	341	9	6	60%	9	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	22	0	1	.000	7.04	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	6	6	1	4	3	1	1	38	61	1.435	8.2	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	61
1948	23	0	2	.000	7.36	5	2	2	0	0	0	11.0	12	12	9	1	9	4	1	1	57	59	1.909	9.8	0.8	7.4	3.3	0.44	59
1949	24	10	8	.556	3.64	53	14	17	2	1	3	163.1	137	75	66	13	77	101	7	4	700	114	1.310	7.5	0.7	4.2	5.6	1.31	114
1950	25	14	12	.538	3.78	69	19	24	3	1	5	204.2	176	97	86	15	113	116	10	9	895	110	1.412	7.7	0.7	5.0	5.1	1.03	110

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1947	22	0	1	.000	5.00	9.0	7	6	5	1	4	4	1	1.222	7.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1.0	3
1948	23	0	0		9.00	3.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.333	15.0	15.0	3.0	0.20	0.0	2
1949	24	10	7	.588	3.31	155.0	127	63	57	12	69	99	6	1.265	7.4	4.0	5.7	1.43	0.7	48
1950	25	2	2	.500	4.39	41.0	40	22	20	2	37	15	3	1.878	8.8	8.1	3.3	0.41	0.4	16
4 Yrs		12	10	.545	3.68	208.0	179	94	85	15	115	119	10	1.413	7.7		5.1	1.03	0.6	69

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1949 NL .625 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1949 NL 48 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1949 NL 97 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1950 NL 5 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1949 NL 6 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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